Israeli aircraft conducted airstrikes on targets west of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and in Khanyounis, in the north of the territory, early Wednesday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted Wednesday morning that the airstrikes were in response to rocket fire from Gaza earlier in the day.
Yemeni news channel Masirah TV reported multiple strikes were conducted near Ein Goliath after midnight Wednesday.
Palestinian journalist Diaa Mahmoud claimed to have heard sounds of an airstrike conducted west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Social media footage allegedly from the scene shows a portion of the strike.
An alarm activated in the Ashkelon Regional Council prior to the reported Israeli Air Force strike was identified by the Israel Defense Forces as non-rocket fire. The Ashkelon Municipality later announced that no projectile fell into the city, reported The Jerusalem Post.
“If anyone in Gaza thinks he can raise his head after Operation Black Belt – he is seriously mistaken. We will respond firmly to any attack against us and continue to maintain Israel’s security on all fronts,” Netanyahu said in a translated Twitter post.
Though this exchange of fire renews violence that had previously calmed between Gaza and Israel, the latter carried out several strikes against dozens of targets, including warehouses and reconnaissance sites, in Syria last week.
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